The former owners of gaming website Tombola donated more than £12m to charity – its largest ever contribution - in the year before it was acquired by new owners.
The Sunderland-based business, Europe’s largest online bingo firm, creates and develops bingo software and games from its North East head office and also has bases in Copenhagen, Gibraltar, Milan and Madrid.
The company was first launched in 2006 by Philip Cronin and has seen huge growth over the last 16 years, gradually expanding its presence in the UK and Europe.